«I do it for our land, for Sardinia ». These are the first words of the Cagliari kayaker Carlo Coni , who has just landed this morning on the Scoglio Lungo beach, in Porto Torres , one of the stages of the circumnavigation of Sardinia by kayak, which began on 26 March as part of the ecological-environmental project "Tutti in the same boat" .
He was welcomed by the students of the three groups of the "Mario Paglietti" Higher Institute - High School, Nautical Technician and Professional - who together with their teachers, armed with gloves and bags, were busy from the first hours of class cleaning the beach from waste and even from weeds.
A work of decorum and respect for the environment , the philosophy spread by Carlo Coni himself who in his journey, to be completed in a month, includes several stops in 14 municipalities of the island where entire days are dedicated to cleaning the coasts and internal areas.
On board his kayak the athlete intends to raise awareness of the problem of plastic pollution in our seas , an initiative welcomed by the municipal administration of Porto Torres, present this morning with councilor Tore Frulio and the president of the municipal council Franco Satta.
Coni was accompanied by kayakers from the AzenKayak association of Porto Torres . The cleaning was coordinated by AzenKayak and Atena Trekking Porto Torres with the help of volunteers from the various associations, Cngei and Agesci scouts, Progetto Filippide, Rotary and other volunteers who joined the awareness day and all those who want to participate by contributing to clean up the beach. All with the collaboration of Impresa Sangalli Giancarlo & CSrl, manager of the city's garbage collection service, which has provided gloves and bags for waste collection and will take care of separating it.
«Coni left Valledoria on Wednesday, touched Castelsardo yesterday and plans to finish in May, a performance that involves many volunteers», explains Pier Paolo Peddio, of AzenKayak.
